Tag: Motoring
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The Portable Makes port
With his “portable hen house” in the ditch, his hopes of getting home again fade, as his mother, waiting at home, starts to worry.
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Fitey Indulges in Het Bannocks
Fitey’s lady friend is keeping his bannocks warm by sitting on them and, as fog descends, Fitey’s crashes his car into a telegraph pole.
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Young Fitey Gangs Hame
Fitey and his friends head for home, but have to get the car started first. Mistress Barrowsgate helps to push-start the car but it suddenly lurches forward, leaving her face-first in a puddle.
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Fitey Jun. an’ his Attymobeel Call
Fitey Junior pays Barrowsgate a visit in his father’s “new” car which Barrowsgate describes as looking like a portable henhouse.
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Fitey’s Car Ran B’ Force o’ Habit
Fitey buys a second-hand car of dubious quality and he ends up in a ditch. He explains to the policeman “I got a little behind with the steering and before I realised it, the road had slipped away and left me”.
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Furlin Byordinar
Barrowsgate is sent out to get some chicken food and hears strange tales that make his head spin
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A Mournfu’ Medley
Poor Peter Birley helps a young lady to get her car going, but gets a whack in the nose from the starting handle. Context: For younger readers, the early cars did not have a starter motor and the engine had to be turned over by hand using a starting handle – which could be dangerous…
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Skiddin’ Skinnin’ an’ Scoorin’
A car crashes into a telegraph pole despite as non-skid road surfaces being introduced in the area. Rob of Northie runs off down the hill to see what’s happened and skids all the way on his bottom.